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Posted: 17th Jul 2004
Hello and welcome to HoP!



Theres a few HoPpers in Ireland, but I'm not really sure whereabouts.

My state of mind is not yours to define!

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

Posted: 18th Jul 2004
'ello!

I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

**giggles**

Posted: 18th Jul 2004
It's ok
Coming again this Sunday?

It was my Telepathic abilities to get someone to spin whilst being in a shop, and on the phone to you that guided you

Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...

Posted: 19th Jul 2004
ooh! it's another dragon!

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...

Posted: 19th Jul 2004
hiya!! welcome to the madhouse! i mean, hop! *teehee*

do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!



if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!



smile! :grin: it confuses people!

Posted: 19th Jul 2004
Hello! Hello! Welcome!

Details, more details, tell us all about yourself..... please?

I smile because i have no idea whats going on!!

Posted: 19th Jul 2004
Hello! Glad you had fun at the meet, there's nothing to worry about, we may not be copmletely normal but we're quite safe to talk to from a distance

Let's relight this forum

Posted: 19th Jul 2004
hello & welcome

Firepoise is from Belfast. send her a pm, i'm sure she'd be glad to give you the run-down. also, if you're gonna be on this island then you can always pop down to Dublin for a day or two

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Posted: 20th Jul 2004
Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick ... boing ... boing ... boing ...

Welcome to HoP!

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.

Gidg

Posted: 1st Aug 2004
Thanks for the welcome! I'm here now, and for at least my first half of my first day, the weather has been wonderful. I have a sneaking suspicion it won't stay this way...

I'm yet to look at a map and see how far away Dublin is, but I guess that's a possibility. I feel honour-bound (by the code of ethics of international tourists) to go there sometime anyway.

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.

Posted: 1st Aug 2004
Welcome to the fold.

Posted: 1st Aug 2004
Sapphires are pink.

Welcome to the nuthouse Dragon Princess.

Are ya comin to Foulmouth II?

"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."

Bill Hicks, February 1988

Posted: 1st May 2005
welcome!!!!!!

Rules and responsibities:
These are the ties that bind us.
We do what we do,because of who we are.
If we did otherwise,we would not be ourselves.
I will do what i have to do
And i will do what i must..

Posted: 1st May 2005
y0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"

Posted: 1st May 2005
How nice to have a sudden resurgence in the 'welcomes'.

Even a message of anti-hate from sparkey!

I guess it's because I've actually got ready access to a computer for a while, so i've ben spending all week lurking.

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.

Posted: 2nd May 2005
And I intend to start another wave (no pun intended) of welcomes How do you do, princess?

Posted: 2nd May 2005
Ooh, they just keep coming!

I'm great today. Just came back from a play with a bunch of spinners in Manchester. Never met them before, but sure enough, they were friendly and welcoming, and there were some very talented individuals there.
It's the second time I've randomly joined a spinners group, and it has worked out fine both times.

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.

Posted: 2nd May 2005
That's good to hear Come to think of it, I haven't met a bunch of spinners who were anything but friendly and welcoming. Hope you're having a great time out there

Posted: 2nd May 2005
hiya! so you never really gave us any more details princess!!

spill!!

so i take it you're in manchester or somewhere nearby...what do you do? study? work? document the life span of welsh turtles?

do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!



if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!



smile! :grin: it confuses people!

Posted: 2nd May 2005
Hmmm.

I have been known to do turtle research ,strangely enough, but Thai turtles, rather than Welsh!

I am Australian, from Perth. 30, single (but looking!!), no dependents, no debts, physiotherapist, firedancer.

I haven't lived in Perth for ten years, though. Since I got my physio degree I've taken short term contract jobs and travelled in between times. First four years were in Oz - Derby (WA), Ouyen (Vic), Alice Springs and Darwin (NT). Then in the UK - Southport, Wendover, Brighouse, Sandbach, Middlewich, Tarporley, Southend-on-Sea, Llangefni, Ledbury, Plymouth, Llanelli, Warrington, St Albans, Fleet, Sleaford and most recently Belfast.

Travelled between jobs in Australia, England, N Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Thailand, Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia... I think that's all. oh, and NZ and Japan when I was a teenager. Speak bits of all the relevent languages, some a lot better than others.

Also do a lot of voluntary work for an environmental conservation charity, so I can build footpaths and steps, close footpaths, clear scrub, waymark, chop down trees (the bad ones) and plant trees (the good ones), re-point stonework, build fences and kissing gates, research and care for injured sea turtles... Going to spend ten weeks in Iceland this summer doing footpath work in extra-remote wilderness areas!!

I love travelling obviously, but also playing guitar and writing songs, walking the UK footpaths including long distance paths, camping, learning languages, skiing and snowboarding, talking about life philosophy with people, cooking, especially desserts, reading, dancing - favourite is salsa, but also tango, jive, chacha - playing games - any kind of card game that involves skill rather than just luck, scrabble, 'gammon - and of course fire-dancing.

I started learning poi in January 2004, from my travel partner in SE Asia, had my first burn at sunrise on the rim of an active volcano in Java, and still love it. I have no idea how good I am. Better than some, worse than others. Currently playing with lots of throws, catch-release stuff. Played a little with staff, but... it'd be one more awkwardly-shaped thing to pack into my car when I'm between jobs. Having said that, I suspect I'll give in soon anyway. Loved living in Belfast where I got to play with the fabulous Irish contngent of spinners. (Damn it, i *really* miss them.) Love doing club gigs (thanks, Firepoise), but still haven't come to terms with spinning in a cold climate.

Took my name from a comment my friend/lover/poi teacher made in Thailand one day when I'd freshly painted my toenails dark green with gold glitter on the tips - 'ooh, dragon toes! You're a dragon Princess!'

Currently job-hunting (or, my agency is hunting on my behalf) for a senior 1 orthopeadic outpatient post anywhere in the UK. But only for 6 weeks because that's when the Iceland job starts. Bought my first pair of steel toe-capped boots this week, and started wearing them in yesterday, in preparation for Iceland!! What a strange thing to get excited about. I have a good friend, Jane, not a spinner, who lets me live in her house while I'm waiting for work. So I'm in Ormskirk right now, but hopefully I'll get a job and be somewhere else soon. I've been decorating her study in return for board, but i've done as much as I can now. I think she'll have me gardening next.

So that's a pretty good introduction to me, I think. It's hard not to be superficial with these things, but it's who I am and what I do with my life. It's a start.

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.

Posted: 2nd May 2005
wow your life sounds so interesting and you possibly have the best first burn story ever!

Posted: 3rd May 2005
hey there sweety

many hugs and much love coming your way



this week i will put pen to paper and migh even remember to post it. hope your well.

doop-ii

Love is the law.

Posted: 3rd May 2005
wow! you've really seen a bit of the world! mmmm and excellent.. on the rim of a volcano? wow!

welcome to Hop!!

Posted: 3rd May 2005
Yeah, The first burn was petty amazing. I didn't even turn, because the rim was only about a meter wide, and I was so mesmerised by the flames I was scared I'd fall into the smoking crater!

And I haven't seen nearly enough of the world yet.

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.

Posted: 3rd May 2005
Wow princess, I'm pretty envious (as would anyone be!). Your passport must be spilling with stamps! One thing though, how did caring for sea turtles work into that equation? I'd love to do that if I ever had the opportunity.

Well anyway. Good on you- hope you're loving every minute

Posted: 3rd May 2005
rim of an active volcano! nice!!

do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!



if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!



smile! :grin: it confuses people!

Posted: 3rd May 2005
mmmfire! what an great story -- i'm nowhere near ready to burn yet, so i will have to live vicariously through those that do!

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kelly

Posted: 3rd May 2005
The turtle project was one of the many 'holidays' offered by BTCV, the conservation charity I volunteer for. Same people who will hopefully be teaching me dry stone walling this week.

Unfortunately the turtle project was run on an island in Thailand, Kho Phra Thong, which was devastated by the tsunami earlier this year. Two volunteers were killed and the infrastructure was destroyed, so there are no projects there this year. Very sad and distressing. But the project was amazing, the location was idyllic, the turtles wonderful and the people lovely and incredibly dedicated.

I know there are other turtle conservation projects run in Greece, Turkey, Mexico,Costa Rica... check out Green Volunteers on line. But, Ry, it's usualy a pretty expensive holiday. You have to look at it as a financial donation, as well as a donation of time. I'd do it again, but Iceland is going to dominate my voluntary work this year.

As for the passport - hardly any stamps at all. I havedual nationality, so I don't get stamps from EU countrues in my UK passport. I wish I did, though it would look a lot more impressive!

I am glad this is an international game - I learnt in school that the world spins, and now I know it's true.